Marvin E. Hobson Dr. Williamson ENGL 865 June 12, 2014
Poetically Recording of the Experience
The poetry in “Records of Women” utilizes the processional form of poetry. On first read, one might not be able to grasp the connectedness between the stanzas of the poems. I, myself, do not recognize this under I had made my way about half way through the stanzas. Every stanza after the first seems to reach back into the former stanza to find a relevant point of reference to continue the discussion from the former to the next, capturing multiple instances or perspectives on one situation or experience as steps from one to the next.
These poems tell a story and take on linear lines of direction. Within the Bride of the Greek Isle, The poem open with two unique and interesting question that do what most of the other poem do, which is to establish and teach the reader about the person or persons speaking within the poem, which in this case a Greek, perhaps by the name of Sardanapalus or perhaps this is a quote from this person. Nevertheless, we learn a very crucial or introspective way to respond to fear…, which is “I will not live degraded” (117). Then, the first lie that we have is that “We come from the woods” (117) Why are you coming from the woods? Is it because you were in exile from escaping from denigration. Therefore, out of the wood emerges this citron-flower, which is rie for the blooming. The, the flower, the bride, must look upon her vine, her source, her connection to the generative channel of life, which in this case is a male-centered structure that she is inheriting from him. This is confirmed by her connection with the mother in the following stanza because where the mother reminds her of her wonderful childhood, the father’ legacy is a native quality that might be difficult to come to terms with. In contrast, the mother rises to the scene in the following stanza where the mother is represented and perpetuates an inherited memory, riddled with reminiscence of her childhood. What is interesting is that it does not end there. Every family member is given his or her own individual stanza to address some temporal experiences.
Dr. Williamson
ENGL 865
June 12, 2014
Poetically Recording of the Experience
The poetry in “Records of Women” utilizes the processional form of poetry. On first read, one might not be able to grasp the connectedness between the stanzas of the poems. I, myself, do not recognize this under I had made my way about half way through the stanzas. Every stanza after the first seems to reach back into the former stanza to find a relevant point of reference to continue the discussion from the former to the next, capturing multiple instances or perspectives on one situation or experience as steps from one to the next.
These poems tell a story and take on linear lines of direction. Within the Bride of the Greek Isle, The poem open with two unique and interesting question that do what most of the other poem do, which is to establish and teach the reader about the person or persons speaking within the poem, which in this case a Greek, perhaps by the name of Sardanapalus or perhaps this is a quote from this person. Nevertheless, we learn a very crucial or introspective way to respond to fear…, which is “I will not live degraded” (117). Then, the first lie that we have is that “We come from the woods” (117) Why are you coming from the woods? Is it because you were in exile from escaping from denigration. Therefore, out of the wood emerges this citron-flower, which is rie for the blooming.
The, the flower, the bride, must look upon her vine, her source, her connection to the generative channel of life, which in this case is a male-centered structure that she is inheriting from him. This is confirmed by her connection with the mother in the following stanza because where the mother reminds her of her wonderful childhood, the father’ legacy is a native quality that might be difficult to come to terms with. In contrast, the mother rises to the scene in the following stanza where the mother is represented and perpetuates an inherited memory, riddled with reminiscence of her childhood. What is interesting is that it does not end there. Every family member is given his or her own individual stanza to address some temporal experiences.